Category: Spiritual Growth

  • #16. Faith in an Age of Fear: How to Stand Firm When the Headlines Shake the World

    Scroll long enough and the world begins to feel unstable. Explosive headlines. Allegations of corruption. Global tensions. Extremist threats. Cartels. Cyber warfare. Political scandals. The language is dramatic, the implications unsettling. Information moves faster than discernment, and speculation often travels further than truth. Regardless of which specific stories dominate the cycle at any given moment,…

  • #15. Voices That Do Not Come From God

    In an age fascinated with spiritual insight, psychic readings, mediums, and fortune tellers have moved from the fringe to the mainstream. They are marketed as harmless tools for guidance, healing, or self-discovery. Yet Scripture speaks with remarkable clarity on this subject—and its warning is not subtle. According to the Bible, these practices do not originate…

  • #12. We Are God’s Creation—But Not Automatically His Children

    In modern conversation, it is common to hear the phrase, “We are all God’s children.” While well-intentioned, this statement does not accurately reflect what Scripture teaches. The Bible draws an important distinction between being created by God and being adopted into God’s family. According to Scripture, all people are made by God, but not all people…

  • #11. Eight Then, Eight Now: A Biblical Pattern Worth Reflecting On

    The Bible often communicates through patterns, numbers, repetition, and symbolism woven quietly into the story of redemption. Some patterns are explicit, others subtle enough to invite reflection rather than declaration. One such pattern emerges when considering the story of Noah and a striking reality of modern biology. According to Scripture, only eight people were preserved…

  • #10. Strengthening Your Faith: Three Priorities That Shape a Disciplined Life in Christ

    Faith does not grow by accident. It is formed through intention, obedience, and daily choices that align the heart with God’s truth. Many profess faith in Christ, yet quietly struggle with inconsistency, distraction, and spiritual fatigue. Scripture makes clear that faith is not only something we believe, but it is something we live. For followers…

  • #33. Created for This: The Power of Walking in God-Given Purpose

    Fish do not enroll in swimming lessons. They do not gather in underwater classrooms, nervously taking notes on how to move through the current. They do not hire consultants to teach them how to breathe beneath the surface. They do not compare themselves to birds and wonder why they cannot soar above the trees. Fish…

  • #32. Following the Way: Stay Sharp in a Dull World

    There is a quiet danger in becoming dull. It does not usually happen all at once. It happens slowly. A little compromise here. A little bitterness there. A prayer life that fades into routine. A Bible that sits closed longer than it should. A relationship that avoids honesty because honesty might create friction. A blessing…

  • #31. Parables: The Spiritual Growth Test We Did Not Know We Were Taking

    There is something quietly funny, and deeply convicting, about Matthew 13. Jesus is standing before crowds of people, teaching them about the Kingdom of Heaven, and He chooses to do it by talking about seeds, soil, weeds, yeast, treasure, pearls, nets, and fish. On the surface, it sounds almost too simple. Farmers understood seed. Bakers…

  • #30. The Constitution, the Founders, and the Warning Hidden in Plain Sight

    Did America’s Founders understand that government would one day try to become god? There are moments in history when a nation needs to stop, stare into the mirror, and ask a hard question: Did those who came before us leave behind more than laws? Did they leave behind a warning?